Giraffes in the Netherlands, bison in the United Kingdom, a beach day in Australia, flowers for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the arrival of President Biden’s dogs at the White House, tug-of-war practice in Ireland, scenes from Paris Fashion Week, and much more
1. A nurse takes care of a patient infected with COVID-19, on January 25, 2021, in the intensive-care unit of Lyon-Sud hospital in Pierre-Benite. Stubbornly high new rates for infections, hospitalizations, and deaths have fueled fears that France may need another full lockdown, which would be its third, inflicting yet more devastation on businesses and daily lives.
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2. An Extinction Rebellion activist is seen silhouetted on a tree at Euston Square Gardens to protest against the HS2 high-speed railway, in London, England, on January 28, 2021.
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3. Sunlight hits frost-covered headstones in a graveyard in Manchester, England, on January 25, 2021.
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4. Paul Casey of England plays his second shot on the 13th during Day One of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club on January 28, 2021, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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5. Models walk the runway during the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2021-2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week, on January 20, 2021, in Paris, France.
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6. Representatives of small businesses participate in the "Save FOP" ("Save individual entrepreneurs") rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on January 28, 2021. Small-business advocates gathered in the Ukrainian capital, protesting against restrictive measures amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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7. A man rides a horse in front of the Giza pyramid complex on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, on January 26, 2021.
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8. Major, one of the family dogs of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, explores the South Lawn after his arrival from Delaware at the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2021.
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9. A hungry red fox is seen on a hill after snowfall in the Hizan district of Bitlis in Turkey, on January 24, 2021, as harsh winter conditions drive wild animals to begin seeking food in towns.
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10. A man wearing a face mask walks through the snow in Muswell Hill on January 24, 2021, in London, England.
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11. A medical helicopter transports Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the U.S. to a hospital after he crashed during his run in a Men's Downhill ski event in Kitzbuehel, Austria, on January 22, 2021.
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12. Trapeze performers hang from a cable in front of the Sydney Opera House as part of an Australia Day show titled the "Wedding of the Winds" on January 26, 2021, in Sydney, Australia.
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13. Duru Suyece practices ballet in her living room during an online ballet class in Izmir, Turkey, on January 28, 2021.
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14. A security camera is seen on an advertising billboard in Hong Kong on January 26, 2021.
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15. A view of a mural of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant, made by artist Mark Paul Deren, a.k.a. MADSTEEZ, in Manhattan’s Chinatown, on January 26, 2021, in New York City. January 26 marked the one-year anniversary of the tragic helicopter crash that led to the death of nine people, including Bryant and his daughter Gianna.
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16. A woman watches a movie during Projeta Rocinha, a cultural program that projects movies, music clips, and a health campaign on the rocks of Dois Irmaos mountain above the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 24, 2021.
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17. Members of the public walk past a display board showing a person coping with COVID-19 in London, England, on January 26, 2021.
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18. Lila Blanks leans on the casket of her husband, Gregory Blanks, 50, who died of COVID-19, ahead of his funeral in San Felipe, Texas, on January 26, 2021.
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19. Workers wearing personal protective equipment carry the body of a victim of COVID-19 in a cemetery near Gombak, Malaysia, on January 27, 2021.
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20. Roses are placed on the Holocaust Memorial on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2021, in Berlin, Germany. January 27 marked the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet forces in 1945. At Auschwitz, Germany's Nazis were responsible for the deaths of more than 1 million Jews and other victims during World War II.
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21. An eight-foot-high fence is erected around the Robert E. Lee Monument on January 25, 2021, in Richmond, Virginia. The Virginia Department of General Services installed the fence to ensure the safety of visitors and workers as they prepare the site for the removal of the statue.
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22. Law-enforcement officers clash with participants during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, on January 23, 2021.
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23. A law-enforcement officer detains a woman during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, on January 23, 2021.
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24. Tug-of-war champion and farmer James Kehoe of the Boley Tug of War Club trains at home in his barn with teammates after being nominated as the "greatest athlete of all time" for the World Games awards, in Boley, Ireland, on January 27, 2021. The World Games is an organization made up of sports that do not feature in the Olympic Games and are held every four years after each summer Olympics.
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25. The Flaming Lips give a socially distanced "space bubble" concert, using individual inflatable bubbles to avoid the spread of coronavirus, at the Criterion in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on January 22, 2021.
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26. Joey Benoit Prosper speaks to members of the community in "bubbles" during a training session as part of an outreach program to the Black community to increase vaccine-trial participation in Rochester, New York, on November 14, 2020. Picture released on January 28, 2021.
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27. A Hindu devotee bathes in the Shali River during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, marked with auspicious bathing in water bodies in hopes of a prosperous life and conjugal happiness, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 28, 2021.
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28. A general view of Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on January 26, 2021, during Australia Day celebrations
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29. Two people take photographs at Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on January 27, 2021.
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30. A soldier rides a horse at Horse Guards Parade during snowfall in London, England, on January 24, 2021.
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31. A European bison is seen at Wildwood Trust, a woodland discovery park in Blean Woods near Canterbury, England, on January 27, 2021. Conservationists in England are looking to introduce a small herd of European bison into the wild more than 15,000 years after the related steppe bison used to roam the landscape.
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32. A newborn Nubian giraffe named Christine stands in her indoor enclosure at the Safaripark Beekse Bergen, in Hilvarenbeek, the Netherlands , on January 27, 2021.
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33. Humanoid robot Sophia, developed by Hanson Robotics, makes a facial expression at the company's lab in Hong Kong, China, on January 12, 2021.
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34. Mask-shop owner Shuhei Okawara wears a hyper-realistic face mask in Tokyo, Japan, on January 28, 2021. The masks, made by Japanese retailer Kamenya Omote, are modeled on actual people who are paid 40,000 Yen ($383 USD) for the right to use their face and are created on a 3D printer before being sold for up to 98,000 Yen ($938 USD).
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35. Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu displays "hina" dolls of U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, holding a face mask, at the company's showroom in Tokyo on January 28, 2021.
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